Nautilus pompilius

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a white lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) is a giant species of sponge found in the Indo-Pacific coral reefs. It commonly occurs at depths ranging from over 10 meters to 120 meters and can grow up to a diameter of 1.8 meters. The sponge typically exhibits a brownish-red to brownish-gray coloration, with a hard or stony texture. Due to its impressive size and estimated lifespan of hundreds to possibly thousands of years, the giant barrel sponge has earned the nickname "redwood of the reef." It displays a variable form, often appearing as a large, firm, barrel-shaped structure with a cone-shaped cavity at the top called the osculum. These sponges make beautiful decorative pieces. The specimen in question originates from Luzon, Philippines.

The two valves of a giant Acesta philippinarum, very rare, perfect condition in a pair of black lacquered wood pedestals.

These came from deep water, in tangle nets - from Balicasag island, Philippines.

White deep sea marine shells glass dome with beautiful species:

Argonauta argo

Fusinus colus

Xenophora pallidula

Siratus alabaster

Corculum cardissa (2)

Trisidus torquatus

Chama lazarus

Sand dollar urchin (2) 

Sea biscuit urchin. 

Great natural decor piece! 

Busycon perversum is an edible species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the Busycon whelks.

This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell. It eats mostly bivalves.

Mounted in a handmade round brass base, make it a very desirable decor item, from Gulf of Mexico.

A vertical branch of Yellow Gorgonian with a special shape, taken by divers from Java, Indonesia. 

The gorgonians live between 20 and 100 meters deep in vertical walls. Like corals, gorgonians are animals living in sessile colonial polyps organized in a tree shape. Its structure is a skeleton both soft and hard, called gorgonine and they do not grow in the direction of the sun but perpendicular to the current in order to filter a maximum of waterflow. Displayed in a dark brass base, turned into a unique décor item. 

Marine Life glass box with brass edges, inside we have:

- Strombus listeri from Thailand

- An exotic Tatcheria mirabilis from Philippines

- A elusive Cypraea mapa from Philippines

- A colouful Mitra mitra from Indonesia

- A pink sea urchin from Mediterranean sea

One of a Kind decor piece! 

Vertical branch black Gorgonian in a black lacquered wood base, these medium sizes Gorgonia have a special shape and are taken by divers from Manado, North Sulawezi - Indonesia. 

A beautiful Shell ball made with Strombidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

A beautiful glass dome with small Gorgonia from de Indo-Pacific, 3 corals Montipora sp., 6 Conus betulinus and 3 Conus figulinus all from Philippines.

Combined shapes and colours make this glass dome a beautiful decor piece.

Glass dome with five Pleurotomaria hirasei.

This deep water shell was a huge rarity 20 years ago and much sought after by collectors!

Recently have been found in big quantities in South China Sea. A classic and a beautiful shell!

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

This Elisella specimen in a red flame form is a rare species of gorgonian from Leptogorgia family, found in the coast of Broome, Northwestern Australia. 

Gorgons, like corals, are animals living in the form of sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree structure. The general structure, a skeleton both flexible and hard, called gorgonin does not grow towards the sun - it does not require light to develop -, but perpendicular to the current, to filter a maximum of water flow.

These are beautiful colored specimens! 

Small size specimen polished showing all the mother-of-pearl of the Nautilus pompilius, from Philippines.

Mounted in a handmade brass base, it's a unique One of a Kind decor piece.

Supplied with Cites certificate. 

Glass dome with three polished Nautilus:

- One of them sliced and 2 trochus salzeticus, plus one trochus niloticus.

Beautiful decor piece!

Xenophora pallidula with glass sponge attachments in glass vitrine.

This particular species sometimes can be found with some spectacular attachments, in this case a big size glass sponge among many other deep water shells.

This specimen was found in Punta Engano - Philippines in 1993 from the late Emmanuel G. de Suduiraut.